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7mm STW
7mm STW Brotherhood - For those who shoot the 7mm Shooting Times Westerner
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 796829" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Start with a quality stainless barrel. Break it in, then get it melonited.</p><p></p><p>Following that just use common sense and don't shoot it hot and it will last you many thousands of rounds.</p><p></p><p>There is some throat erosion with each shot you take but it accelerates exponentially if you shoot long strings without letting it cool down.</p><p></p><p>As a rule I never shoot more than 3 shots without letting it cool down at least five minutes and even my factory Rem barrel in my original STW shows no noticeable wear and it's over twenty years old.</p><p></p><p>I actually was planning to have it re-barreled with a longer and heavier contour barrel than it came with a couple of years back but my gunsmith scoped it and said "don't bother". </p><p></p><p>He saved me about a grand that day and the truth is, it's still a sub MOA rifle shooting the same Winchester Supreme 140gr that I bought in bulk right after I bought the rifle.</p><p></p><p>Here's the rifle.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f17/longest-bobcat-ever-76861/" target="_blank">http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f17/longest-bobcat-ever-76861/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 796829, member: 30902"] Start with a quality stainless barrel. Break it in, then get it melonited. Following that just use common sense and don't shoot it hot and it will last you many thousands of rounds. There is some throat erosion with each shot you take but it accelerates exponentially if you shoot long strings without letting it cool down. As a rule I never shoot more than 3 shots without letting it cool down at least five minutes and even my factory Rem barrel in my original STW shows no noticeable wear and it's over twenty years old. I actually was planning to have it re-barreled with a longer and heavier contour barrel than it came with a couple of years back but my gunsmith scoped it and said "don't bother". He saved me about a grand that day and the truth is, it's still a sub MOA rifle shooting the same Winchester Supreme 140gr that I bought in bulk right after I bought the rifle. Here's the rifle. [url]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f17/longest-bobcat-ever-76861/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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